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In this paper, we propose a weak Galerkin finite element method (WG) for solving singularly perturbed convection-diffusion problems on a Bakhvalov-type mesh in 2D. Our method is flexible and allows the use of discontinuous approximation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-27 Shicheng Liu , Xiangyun Meng , Qilong Zhai

In this paper we establish a best approximation property of fully discrete Galerkin finite element solutions of second order parabolic problems on convex polygonal and polyhedral domains in the $L^\infty$ norm. The discretization method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-20 Dmitriy Leykekhman , Boris Vexler

In this article, we present and analyze a stabilizer-free $C^0$ weak Galerkin (SF-C0WG) method for solving the biharmonic problem. The SF-C0WG method is formulated in terms of cell unknowns which are $C^0$ continuous piecewise polynomials…

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This paper is devoted to the study of a novel mixed Finite Element Method for approximating the solutions of fourth order variational problems subjected to a constraint. The first problem we consider consists in establishing the convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Paolo Piersanti , Tianyu Sun

This paper proposes and analyzes a class of new weak Galerkin (WG) finite element methods for 2- and 3-dimensional linear elasticity problems. The methods use discontinuous piecewise-polynomial approximations of degrees $k(\geq 0)$ for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-24 Gang Chen , Xiaoping Xie

This paper introduces an extension of the Morley element for approximating solutions to biharmonic equations. Traditionally limited to piecewise quadratic polynomials on triangular elements, the extension leverages weak Galerkin finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Dan Li , Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang , Shangyou Zhang

This paper discusses a so-called ultra-weak three-field formulation of the biharmonic problem where the solution, its gradient, and an additional Lagrange multiplier are the three unknowns. We establish the well-posedness of the problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Rekha Khot , Bishnu P. Lamichhane , Ricardo Ruiz-Baier

This article establishes a discrete maximum principle (DMP) for the approximate solution of convection-diffusion-reaction problems obtained from the weak Galerkin finite element method on nonuniform rectangular partitions. The DMP analysis…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-11 Yujie Liu , Junping Wang

This paper introduces a novel weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for the numerical solution of the Brinkman equations. The Brinkman model, which seamlessly integrates characteristics of both the Stokes and Darcy equations, is employed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

The conforming finite element Galerkin method is applied to discretise in the spatial direction for a class of strongly nonlinear parabolic problems. Using elliptic projection of the associated linearised stationary problem with Gronwall…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-04 Ambit Kumar Pany , Morrakot Khebchareon , Amiya K. Pani

In this article, a posteriori error analysis is developed for mixed finite element Galerkin approximations to a second order linear hyperbolic equation. Based on mixed elliptic reconstructions and an integration tool, which is a variation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-10 Samir Karaa , Amiya K. Pani

This paper develops a weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method of arbitrary order for the steady incompressible Magnetohydrodynamics equations. The WG scheme uses piecewise polynomials of degrees $k(k\geq 1),k,k-1$, and $k-1$ respectively…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-06 Min Zhang , Tong Zhang , Xiaoping Xie

This paper introduces and rigorously analyzes a least-squares weak Galerkin (LS-WG) finite element method for the severely ill-posed Cauchy problem associated with the Helmholtz equation. By utilizing a weak Laplacian operator defined on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

The general theory of Babu\v{s}ka ensures necessary and sufficient conditions for a mixed problem in classical or Petrov-Galerkin form to be well posed in the sense of Hadamard. Moreover, the mixed method of Raviart-Thomas with low-level…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-01 François Dubois , Isabelle Greff , Charles Pierre

In this paper, we present a two-gird skill to accelerate the weak Galerkin method. By the proper use of parameters, the two-grid weak Galerkin method not only doubles the convergence rate, but also maintains the asymptotic lower bounds…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Wei Lu , Qilong Zhai

We prove existence of weak solutions to the Cauchy problem corresponding to various strictly parabolic equations on a compact Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$. This also includes strictly parabolic equations with stochastic forcing with linear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-02 Melanie Graf , Michael Kunzinger , Darko Mitrovich

This article introduces a new primal-dual weak Galerkin (PDWG) finite element method for second order elliptic interface problems with ultra-low regularity assumptions on the exact solution and the interface and boundary data. It is proved…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-29 Waixiang Cao , Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang

Two de Rham complex sequences of the finite element spaces are introduced for weak finite element functions and weak derivatives developed in the weak Galerkin (WG) finite element methods on general polyhedral elements. One of the sequences…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-30 Chunmei Wang , Junping Wang , Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

This article proposes a novel least-squares weak Galerkin (LS-WG) method for second-order elliptic equations in non-divergence form. The approach leverages a locally defined discrete weak Hessian operator constructed within the weak…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Chunmei Wang , Shangyou Zhang

One of strengths in the finite element (FE) and Galerkin methods is their capability to apply weak formulations via integration by parts, which leads to elements matching at lower degree of continuity and relaxes requirements of choosing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 W. Chen